Payback

When there comes a day
like today
I don't know what to say
or how to pay...

For all the flames that still burn,
the evils a heart can discern
while looking out for its turn
to do all to which it was born.

For gaining you, dearest muse
to whom nothing I would refuse
whenever given the excuse -
neither burdened, nor bruised.

And getting closer to the truth
that what counts is a heart's youth -
keep it under claw and tooth
for all the pain it can soothe.

09/02/2019